The Seventh Miserable Bride novel Chapter 195

Sebastian's tone was still filled with flirtation. Yasmine Taylor crudely shoved his hand away, hurled an insult towards him, and walked into her apartment without looking back.

Late at night, Yasmine lay on her bed and was increasingly bothered by her thoughts. As the next day was Saturday, Yasmine did not have to go to work. She texted Lily Adams to meet her at a coffee shop.

Lily did not have Yasmine's new number saved in her contacts, so she didn't know who the sender of the message was. Nonetheless, Lily still decided to show up on time.

Yasmine wore a white hat, a white neck scarf, and a pair of sunglasses. When Yasmine showed up, it took Lily an entire minute to recognize her.

Yasmine slowly took off her sunglasses and pulled her neck scarf halfway down, revealing more than half of her face. Lily immediately stood up in shock, "Yasmine—"

"Shh," Yasmine shushed her and gave Lily a knowing look, indicating that she did not want to draw any attention to her.

Lily could not withhold herself and immediately dragged her to a table. Amid her astonishment and excitement, she asked, "It's really you! I could not believe in my own eyes. Am I actually dreaming?"

"No, you're not." Yasmine pinched Lily's face and said, "It hurts, doesn't it? Then it proves I'm truly your best friend, none other than Yasmine Taylor."

Lily could barely contain her excitement. She gave Yasmine a tight hug and was close to sobbing. She said, "Yasmine, I have missed you so much. You heartless soul, where the h*ll have you been two for the past two years?"

"It's a long story. Let go of me first, and I'll slowly explain everything to you."

Yasmine reminisced her life over the past two years in detail. Lily raised her eyebrows in surprise and said, "So, does that mean you've been living with your Uncle and Aunt all these while?"

"Yes."

"How are they treating you?"

In Lily's impression, Chuck Lorris and his wife had always treated their niece either as an ATM or a crisis manager.

"Actually, they have been treating me well. They've changed for the better and are no longer the troublemakers they used to be, which is why I've been living a decent life over the past two years."

Lily could feel a spectrum of mixed emotions welling up within her. She held Yasmine by her hand and nodded, "If that's the case, then it's great. As long as you're okay, I'm happy for you. In fact, you look so much better now than in the past."

"By the way, I have a question for you."

That question was the main reason behind Yasmine's appointment with Lily. "What's the problem?"

"Sebastian... is he married?"

"What do you mean? Who is he married to?" Lily asked in surprise.

"Abigail Tanner."

"Heh, their relationship was long gone."

Yasmine's heart skipped a beat, "Why?"

"That woman basically turned their entire family upside down. Ever since you'd left, Sebastian has resorted to drinking his sorrows away every day and even entangled himself with countless women. Of course, Abigail could not tolerate it and made a huge fuss at home every single day. Eventually, she lost her child and hence her only ticket to remain in the Simons family. She then resorted to pushing herself down the stairs and blamed her miscarriage on your mother-in-law. However, her scheme was later exposed and she was kicked out of the family."

"Where did you hear this story from?"

"I met your mother-in-law on the street once, so I chatted with her and heard it all from her."

Yasmine stared out the window blankly and was speechless for a long time. This story was completely out of her expectation. She thought that Sebastian and Abigail were still married and had a lovely child together, but she never would have thought that the child was gone and they were already long separated. Perhaps she should have felt happy at the news, but why did she feel the opposite?

She could not help but ask herself, "Are you actually happy seeing him in a worse state than you?"

Evidently, she wasn't. In fact, she hoped that Sebastian would go on to live a happy life, even if it was not a life that was spent with her.

"Sebastian has changed a lot over the past two years. I've met him on different occasions, but he had always nodded at me without saying a word. By the way, after Abigail left, he moved out soon too. Rumors had it that his relationship with his father was strained, and he had even gone on to establish his own company."

"I know."

Yasmine nodded in disappointment.

"You know about this? How did you know?"

"I'm working in his company now."

"What?"

Lily's eyes widened in disbelief.

It was after listening to Yasmine's explanation that Lily finally understood the context. She carefully asked, "Now that you know Sebastian is single, are you going to get back with him?"

"No."

Yasmine answered without hesitation.

"Why?"

"Just because Sebastian and Abigail are no longer together, it doesn't mean that we could just return to where we were. I had been just as exhausted before Abigail was even involved. I couldn't satisfy his family's demands for me to bear a child for them, and I will still face the same problem if I return. I only tolerated back then because I was reluctant to ditch our relationship, but now that I'm free, I don't see any need of turning back anymore. Otherwise, I'm basically a person with no dignity."

Lily understood how Yasmine felt, so she did not probe any further. The duo caught up with each other's lives and chatted the entire afternoon away. When they parted, Yasmine made a request to Lily, "Please don't tell anyone that I am in B City. After my work is done, I will probably leave this place and may never return here again, so please just act as if I was never here in the first place, okay?"

"Of course!"

Lily nodded heavily and said, "But please don't lose contact with me again. After all, we are best friends and will be forever."

"Okay."

They both embraced each other before they reluctantly parted ways with each other.

Although Yasmine had now known what truly unfolded between Sebastian and Abigail, she decided to not reveal her feelings and acted as if everything were normal.

On Wednesday, Yasmine's period came. When the day was about to end, she had terrible cramps and felt that she was soaked underneath. She could only remain seated and tolerate her own discomfort.

Tragically, she had worn a pair of white trousers to work. There was no overtime work on that day. It was five o'clock when her colleagues began to pack up and get ready to leave. Yasmine did not move a single inch away from her seat. The project team leader asked, "Are you not getting off work?"

"Yes I am, I'll be leaving soon."